He tried to push away his pointy finger… then got pushed. Fighting started. Who struck first?

*wtf

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If we’re only going by what’s in the video, kid with pointy finger “struck” first. He’s committing attempted battery seconds after the video starts.
Battery-a physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person without that person's consent

Entering someone’s personal space…finger pointing under 1 ft from their face in a threatening or aggressive way certainly counts, pointing your finger in their face and yelling certainly counts as aggressive, this allows the other party to defend themselves and they may remove you physically by pushing the offending appendage away.
Retaliation for your hand being removed from someone’s personal space is another battery. That’s what happened IMO.

Did they arrest the other kid as well?

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No.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if the next few seconds after this video ended the police gave the white kid a hug/handshake/pad in the back to smooth his traumatic emotions by the look of things.

both look culpable.

don't understand pulling off the person on top to get to the person on the bottom?

of course, it looks bad...but it sounds worse @ :35 (and beyond)*. big talk from 15ft, and two cops away.

*heard the 'n-word' five times.

As far as the officers' response goes, it doesn't even matter who struck first.

They didn't have any information except that they saw two teenagers fighting and they're only immediate response was to handcuff the black kid and leave the white kid alone completely.

smfh